[Verse 1]
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He was paradise like the mist of an ocean breeze at sea, he prayed
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As his chains had pulled him to heaven I cried, day and night, I’d close my eyes
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And his arms I would remain til I expired, but clocks expire and I awake
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Over me is where I belong, as the rain washed the peace that I’d known away
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And it changed me, is chaos mean to shape me
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Broken Down
[Chorus 1]
Em D
I loved that man to death and when God laid him to rest
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The fire died inside me, frosted over my chest
Em D
And it changed me deep inside, frozen tears fall from my eyes
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I gave into the darkness after he went to the light
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And sometimes in this life I see it all go
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And though broken inside I make sure that I know
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Nothing bad will last forever even though
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I lost my paradise.
[Verse 2]
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After paradise, I roamed aimless in my mind alone, disowned
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I tried to let my mind speak freely, And though told to be myself, they wanted something else
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At times I had been played the fool, thought I broke the rules, but if I play I lose, so really what’s the use
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To send my heart to test the waters, and not recover, so I put up my walls, and to think I thought
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The world was getting drier, as the water rose higher, I drowned
[Chorus 2]
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and so I gave up on the world because the world gave up on me
C D B7
I had nowhere to go, at least that’s how it seemed
Em D
And when my sorrow had run dry, with no more tears for me to cry
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I built a wall around me so, no pain could get inside
Am Em B7 Em
And sometimes in this life I see it all go
Am Em B7 Em
And though broken inside I make sure that I know
Am Em B7 Em
Nothing bad will last forever even though
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I lost my paradise.
[Verse 3]
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Newfound paradise, like a soft smile on a baby’s face, my heart and my mind’s an open space
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And amid the emptiness a melody, called out and to me, it was exactly what I needed
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And then I found love within my strings, now the pain of my past moves hearts as I rise to sing
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My music came to be, the reason for my quest for peace, my heart plays symphonies, now
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My life has been renewed, and I will see through, clearer skies
[Chorus 3]
Em D
And when the light shone through the haze, I felt my darker days
C D B7
Quickly recede behind me, and that is where they’d stay
Em D
And soon followed the peace, existing through the least
C D B7
Likely of the avenues, now I feel so relieved
[Outro]
Am Em B7 Em
And sometimes in this life I see it all go
Am Em B7 Em
And though broken inside I make sure that I know
Am Em B7 Em
Nothing bad will last forever even though
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I lost my paradise.